Equalum vs webMethods.io comparison

Google and IBM are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Google is ranked #30, while IBM is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.9. Google holds a 0.8% mindshare in CDI, compared to IBM’s 5.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

webMethods.io and Equalum compete in the integration platform market. webMethods.io is favored for its intuitive setup and comprehensive out-of-the-box features, whereas Equalum is praised for real-time streaming and efficient data management.

Features: webMethods.io is known for its visual data mapping, intuitive developer interface, and out-of-the-box features that streamline setup and reduce development time. Equalum shines with its advanced ETL capabilities, real-time data streaming, and efficient data replication and transformation.

Room for Improvement: webMethods.io could enhance documentation, API gateway features, and cloud integration support. Equalum users desire improved UI navigation, integration with more databases like SAP, and better documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: webMethods.io offers deployment flexibility with on-premises and hybrid models but may pose deployment challenges. Equalum’s streamlined user interface enhances on-premises and hybrid cloud experiences, and both provide reliable technical support, though webMethods.io users note variable response times.

Pricing and ROI: webMethods.io's component-based pricing and support fees are seen as high, sometimes prompting users to seek alternatives. Equalum, similarly priced, offers time-saving features justifying costs. Both platforms deliver significant ROI through enhanced operational efficiency, though users request more transparent pricing models.

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Categories and Ranking

Equalum

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

30th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (66th), Data Replication (19th)

webMethods.io

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (11th), API Management (11th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of Equalum is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of webMethods.io is 5.2%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
webMethods.io	5.2%
Equalum	0.8%
Other	94.0%

Cloud Data Integration

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Joel Buck

Director of Enterprise Architecture at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

There is no better product for CDC and streaming on Kafka

The Equalum user interface is extremely easy to use. I would rank it really highly on user-friendliness. The only issue with the user interface is it doesn't supply everything that you need for somebody who has to work with Equalum. For example, when you get deep into development, there are many areas where you have to go to the command line to do things and the Equalum user interface does not have that functionality. The deployment of their flows needs improvement. It doesn't work with a typical Git branching and CI/CD deployment strategy. If you have multiple projects, all working in one Equalum environment, separating out their work is something that you have to design into your implementation, as opposed to baked into the product.

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MohanPrasad

Senior Consultant at Brillio

Smooth integration and enhanced deployment with high licensing cost

webMethods.io was used to integrate APIs through the webMethods.io platform, trigger database events, and connect backend APIs through a Java backend. It was used extensively for integration purposes in my organization Integration became smoother, troubleshooting was easier, and deployment and…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I found two features in Equalum that I consider the most valuable. One is that Equalum is a no-code tool. You can do your activities on its graphical interface, which doesn't require complex knowledge of extracting, changing, or loading data. Another feature of Equalum that I like the most is that it monitors the data transfers and tells you if there's any issue so that you can quickly check and correct it. Equalum also tells you where the problem lies, for example, if it's a hardware or communication issue."

"Equalum has resulted in system performance improvements in our organization. Now, I am ingressing data off of multiple S3 sources, doing data processing, and formatting a schema. This would usually take me a couple of days, but now it takes me hours."

"All our architectural use cases are on a single platform, not multiple platforms. You don't have to dump into different modules because it is the same module everywhere."

"It's a really powerful platform in terms of the combination of technologies they've developed and integrated together, out-of-the-box. The combination of Kafka and Spark is, we believe, quite unique, combined with CDC capabilities. And then, of course, there are the performance aspects. As an overall package, it's a very powerful data integration, migration, and replication tool."

"The main impact for Oracle LogMiner is the performance. Performance is drastically reduced if you use the solution’s Oracle Binary Log Parser. So, if we have 60 million records, initially it used to take a minute. Now, it takes a second to do synchronization from the source and target tables."

"Equalum is real-time. If you are moving from an overnight process to a real-time process, there is always a difference in what reports and analytics show compared to what our operational system shows. Some of our organizations, especially finance, don't want those differences to be shown. Therefore, going to a real-time environment makes the data in one place match the data in another place. Data accuracy is almost instantaneous with this tool."

"Equalum provides a single platform for core architectural use cases, including CDC replication, streaming ETL, and batch ETL. That is important to our clients because there is no other single-focus product that covers these areas in that much detail, and with this many features on the platform. The fact that they are single-minded and focused on CDC and ETL makes this such a rich solution. Other solutions cover these things a little bit in their multi-function products, but they don't go as deep."

"It's got it all, from end-to-end. It's the glue. There are a lot of other products out there, good products, but there's always a little bit of something missing from the other products. Equalum did its research well and understood the requirements of large enterprise and governments in terms of one tool to rule them all, from a data migration integration perspective."

"The solution is scalable."

"It's a good tool, and it has a stable messaging broker."

"It is good for communicating between the systems and for publishing and subscribing. We can easily retrieve data. It is good in terms of troubleshooting and other things."

"The product is very stable."

"We have a reusable code that we can replicate for any new interfaces."

"Some of the key features are the integration platform, query mechanism, message handling within the bus, and the rules engine. We've had a really good experience with webMethods Integration Server."

"webMethods API Portal is overall very valuable. It is now a comprehensive API catalogue that serves various purposes, including API assessment and evaluation."

"I like the tool's scalability."

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Cons

"Their UI could use some work. Also, they could make it just a little faster to get around their user interface. It could be a bit more intuitive with things like keyboard shortcuts."

"Right now, they have a good notification system, but it is in bulk. For example, if I have five projects running and I put a notification, the notification comes back to me for all five projects. I would like the notification to come back only for one project."

"They need to expand their capabilities in some of the targets, as well as source connectors, and native connectors for a number of large data sources and databases. That's a huge challenge for every company in this area, not just Equalum."

"There is not enough proven integration with other vendors. That is what needs to be worked on. Equalum hasn't tested anything between vendors, which worries our clients. We need more proven vendor integration. It is an expensive product and it needs to support a multi-vendor approach."

"I should be able to see only my project versus somebody else's garbage. That is something that would be good in future. Right now, the security is by tenants, but I would like to have it by project, e.g., this project has this source and flows in these streams, and I have access to this on this site."

"The deployment of their flows needs improvement. It doesn't work with a typical Git branching and CI/CD deployment strategy."

"If you need to use the basic features of Equalum, for example, you don't even need data integration, then many competitors in the market can give you basic features. For instance, if you need batch ETL, you can pick among solutions in the market that have been around longer than Equalum. What needs improvement in Equalum is replication, as it could be faster. Equalum also needs better integration with specific databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server."

"I would like to have a dashboard where I can see all of the communication between components and the configuration."

"The patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature."

"The orchestration is not as good as it should be."

"Business monitoring (BAM) needs improvement because the analytics and prediction module very often has performance problems."

"Understanding the overall architecture is difficult."

"The configuring of the JWT token would be improved as it is a confusing process. We require more information on this part of the solution."

"It could be more user-friendly."

"The solution has big instances when deployed under microservices or in a containerized platform. They need to improve that so that it is competitive with other integration solutions, like Redis and Kafka. Deployments under microservices with those solutions are much more lightweight, in the size of the runtime itself, compared with Software AG."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Equalum was reasonably priced. It is not like those million dollar tools, such as Informatica."

"Equalum licensing costs vary, but I won't be able to give information on its fees."

"As soon as you have more than six users, Equalum is lower in cost [than Talend] and if the group gets bigger, it's quite a big delta. If more users want to use it, you don't end up with an increase in licensing costs, so that makes it very easy. And if you need more licenses or more sources, it's a very simple upgrade methodology."

"Equalum is rather expensive compared to its competitors. So, you have to make up that cost in time savings, and we usually do that. If we are saving money, it is because we are reducing our development time."

"They have a very simple approach to licensing. They don't get tied up with different types of connectivity to different databases. If you need more connectors or if you need more CPU, you just add on. It's component-based pricing."

"I would like to see better pricing for the license."

"Pricing has to be negotiated with the local Software AG representative. SAG can always prepare an appropriate pricing model for every client."

"The pricing and licensing costs for webMethods are very high, which is the only reason that we might switch to another product."

"The price is high and I give it a five out of ten."

"webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them."

"webMethods Integration Server is expensive, and there's no fixed price on it because it has a point pricing model. You can negotiate, which makes it interesting."

"I do see a lack of capabilities inside of the monetization area for them. They have a cloud infrastructure that is pay per use type of a thing. If you already use 1,000 transactions per se, then you can be charged and billed. I see room for improvement there for their side on that particular capability of the monetization."

"This is not a cheap solution but, compared to other products such as those offered by IBM, the pricing is similar."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	63

Questions from the Community

Why should I use Equalum instead of LogMiner?

You'd want to use the Equalium Oracle Binary Log Parser because it's just better than the LogMiner. Sure, LogMiner is made by Oracle and probably the team knows some insight to make it efficient th...

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Is Equalum compatible with all databases?

I'm using Equalum's data replication software for Oracle because that's the one database it's designed for. While it may sound limiting, when you find out how many solutions it can provide for you ...

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Can I use Equalum for free?

No, it's not free but you can benefit from a free trial, though. There's an option to try their platform for a limited amount of time, so that may be useful to help you decide if you want to contin...

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What do you like most about Built.io Flow?

The tool helps us to streamline data integration. Its BPM is very strong and powerful. The solution helps us manage digital transformation.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.

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What needs improvement with Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io needs to incorporate ChatGPT to enhance user experience. It can offer a customized user experience.

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Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API

Overview

Equalum is a fully-managed, end-to-end data integration and real-time data streaming platform, powered by industry-leading change data capture (CDC) tech and modern data transformation capabilities (streaming ETL and ELT). Equalum's enterprise-grade platform features intuitive UI allowing you to build robust, real-time data pipelines in minutes.

Google

webMethods.io Integration is a powerful integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides a combination of capabilities offered by ESBs, data integration systems, API management tools, and B2B gateways.

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